Sarah Bishop

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Summary: Sarah Bishop
Review: ...Sarah Bishop is a 15-year-old girl who struggled through many troubles during the American Independence war. Her father was killed and her brother joined the patriot and was captured in a prison ship and died. Sarah was left alone to make a living by herself, and the author portrayed her as an independent, determined, and tough young girl. Because of the death of her farther and brother, she built up a hatred to the British and never trusted anyone she met. She was convicted for starting a fire but she was innocent. She was given a musket by a ferry man and escaped from prison and started to live in a cave near Long Pond. With this musket Sarah was able to hunt and live independently in the wilderness.
I liked the detailed and realistic writing of this book. The author expressed the difficulties Sarah faced in very specific details. With the complex and descriptive sentences, the book was extremely thrilling. For instance, "It was a bright day, with the sun glinting on the trees."
However, there were some sections I disliked. When Sarah survived in the wilderness, the author didn't entirely describe how she survived every season. "Snow fell early in December, as John Longknife had predicted, and lasted for three days." Although the author did not describe in detail about the outcome of the trial, the story ending suggests that Sarah was set free. "Above the trees, down in the valley, I watched the lamps in Ridgeford village go on."
I found this novel very appealing, especially when Sarah runs away from the British soldiers. This section is my favorite part of the book because the descriptions are so real and make the readers feel that they are actually involved in the story. Overall, this book is a fantastic historical fiction.

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Summary: Sarah Bishop
Review: ...Sarah Bishop is a 15-year-old girl who struggled through many troubles during the American Independence war. Her father was killed and her brother joined the patriot and was captured in a prison ship and died. Sarah was left alone to make a living by herself, and the author portrayed her as an independent, determined, and tough young girl. Because of the death of her farther and brother, she built up a hatred to the British and never trusted anyone she met. She was convicted for starting a fire but she was innocent. She was given a musket by a ferry man and escaped from prison and started to live in a cave near Long Pond. With this musket Sarah was able to hunt and live independently in the wilderness.
I liked the detailed and realistic writing of this book. The author expressed the difficulties Sarah faced in very specific details. With the complex and descriptive sentences, the book was extremely thrilling. For instance, "It was a bright day, with the sun glinting on the trees."
However, there were some sections I disliked. When Sarah survived in the wilderness, the author didn't entirely describe how she survived every season. "Snow fell early in December, as John Longknife had predicted, and lasted for three days." Although the author did not describe in detail about the outcome of the trial, the story ending suggests that Sarah was set free. "Above the trees, down in the valley, I watched the lamps in Ridgeford village go on."
I found this novel very appealing, especially when Sarah runs away from the British soldiers. This section is my favorite part of the book because the descriptions are so real and make the readers feel that they are actually involved in the story. Overall, this book is a fantastic historical fiction.

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Summary: Sarah Bishop
Review: After Chad goes off to war and Sarah's father gets tarred and feathered (because he is a Tory) Sarah has nowhere to turn. After that, she finds herself running from the British wherever she goes. After the help of many, she discovers a deserted cave deep in the forest. Soon, she is visited by the Longknifes, an Indian family that helps her to survive. I think that this book has taught many to love your enemies, as emphasized in the book. Although I disliked the vague ending, I personally thought it was a good book.

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Summary: Must read for Westchesterites
Review: Being from the town this book is based in, I was forced to readit by my town historian mother. To my great suprise, I rather enjoyedthe book, all the more so because I was able to go to Sarah's cave and see what it must have been like for her. Although this is a fine work of fiction on it's own, I think anyone from the area (or anyone interested in a good read for that matter) should read this book. Scott O'Dell is a master wordsmith and spins a wonderful tale while keeping the basic facts fairly true-to-life.

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Summary: The Book that should be Thrown Away
Review: Have you read a bad book, one that turned you off once you read the back cover? Or maybe you've read a book that never got better? Well the book I read makes any bad book enjoyable. The book is Sarah Bishop by Scott O'Dell.
Sarah Bishop is a story about a girl and her adventures during the Revolutionary War. Sounds good so far, well that's what I thought too, at first. Before I tear apart this book I want to make something clear, O'Dell is a skilled Newbury-Winner author and I enjoy his works but this book went all wrong. He used unbelievable descriptions in his other books that were no where present in Sarah Bishop. Even the climax of the book made me yawn and say so what! If O'Dell continues to write like this he will find himself an author with no fans except the reviewers that rave about every book they read.
In Sarah Bishop she goes through so much that the characters seem unreal. This book has so many bad plots going on that you hope she doesn't succeed and the book would end, but Sarah magically makes it through every time and the book continues. Since this book was bad even at the very beginning, I thought it might get better but it didn't, it only got worse.
I give Sarah Bishop two thumbs down for lack of description, boring plots, and the failure to keep the readers' interest. You should not even consider picking up this book unless you want to be bored to death by a 230 page book. This is my warning to you, hoping you will not make the same mistake I did.

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Summary: Wonderful, Exciting book!
Review: I had a feeling this book would be somewhat good. But I also had a hunch that some parts would be very, very dull. But was VERY wrong! This is one of my favorite books by Scott O'Dell, a long with Zia. Some of his other books, that I have read, drove me out of my mind with boredom, but this was far from it. Sarah Bishop is a 15 year old girl, living with her Father, and her older brother Chad. They had moved to Long Island, New York Colony, from England, and her Mother had died. Her Father keeps a picture of King George on the wall and this upsets many of the patriots around the area, because that shows that they are loyalists. Her brother, Chad, with his friend David join the Patriot army, against his Father's wishes. One night, some patriots come and burn down the Bishop farm. Her Father is tarred and feathered, and later dies. She is very angry, but sets out for New York City to find her brother Chad. After the battle at Brooklyn Heights, she prays he had not been ! killed by the cruel Hessians, but had been taken prisoner instead. She gets a job at a tavern for awhile, until she has enough money to make the journey. In New York she discovers that her brother has died in the prison camp and she is very upset. Then she is blamed of starting a fire in New York City. A crime she did not commit. She flees into the wilderness of Westchester county, and hides from the Brittish there. She lives in a cave and does her daily tasks (which are put in such away you just have to read on) and she is even accused of being a witch by the people in the local town. A GREAT book! Read it!

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Summary: sarah bishop is a great book to have so buy and enjoy.
Review: I read a very, very, very, good book called Sarah Bishop.I love this this book because it is very interesting,the first time you pick it up you never want to stop reading.This story was set in the 1800's.The girl in the book runs away from home when her father and brother are killed.She ends up living in a cave.The army thinks she is a witch.The army takes her to court.the army wants to execute her.The trial seems to take forever to Sarah.Finally,the jury comes up with a verdict,try to guess ,because i am not going to tell you.You have to get the book to find out what happens to sarah.I give this book a 10!!!!!!!!

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Summary: READ THIS ONE!
Review: I recently read the book, Sarah Bishop, which was written by the famous and well known author Scott O'Dell. The story took place in England where Sarah was left without her mother and in care of her father, and brother Chad Bishop shortly before the American Revolution. Citizens in the small town located close to Long Island quickly became divided between the Revolution and King George. The Bishop family who were against the norm where in favor of King George and remained against the idea of the Revolution, but Chad while Mr. Bishop still lived, ended up enlisting in the militia, fighting against the King, and against his father. Mr. Bishop did his best to stand firm for his beliefs even as he was fighting his own blood, but later he no longer stood after he was tarred and finally killed. Later, while Sarah remained without a father and brother who was a soldier, she worked at a local tavern, The Lion and Lamb which provided a place to eat and sleep. As things seemed to get better, the search for Chad continued until she found that he no longer lived, and that he had been on a prison ship, but later died. Without any family, close friends or much of a home, Sarah was next said to have assisted in the burning of the anti King George militia building(s). Sarah moved to Long Pond, after a notice was put up for her capture where she lived by herself and maintained a life of adventure despite the lonliness. She had frequent visitors ( The Longknifes) and took care of herself even though there were a few trials (ex. The snake bite). Later, she came back into Ridgeford for food, and the necessities, but never without her gun for fear of the militia seeing her. On one of her visits which stood out from the rest she was invited to a Quaker meeting by Isaak Morton who was around the same age as her. As she attended the meeting she was quickly assumed of being a witch, questioned, and threatened with her life because of the notices and coursity of the burnings and how she lived. Issak Morton came to her rescue and quoted these words from the Bible to the God fearing people, " 'Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what judgement ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.' " (pg. 221) The story, Sarah Bishop, to me was great and I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about the history of our great nation in a heartbeat!

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Summary: A Book
Review: I thought that Sarah Bishop was pretty good. I wouldn't recomend it to many people though because it's sad. The general plot was easy to follow, with some unexpected twists, that gave the book more life. I would recomend it to the age group of 9-14. It needs to be more active and descriptive. The book was only good enough to finish reading, it wasn't a book I would have picked for myself. It deffinaitly made Johnny Tremain easier to understand. Over all I thought that Sarah Bishop wasn't that great.

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Summary: Why Sarah Bishop is Good
Review: I would really recommend the book SARAH BISHOP. This book is by the author Scott O'Dell. The setting is in the seventeen hundreds during the revolutionary war. Sarah's ready to try anything since the Patriots have made her an orphan without a home. She is also falsely accused of being anti-British. Will the war ever end for Sarah? Will she ever find peace from it? You will learn the answers when you read Sarah Bishop!